

Strangers on a Train
It starts with a shriek of a train whistle... and ends with shrieking excitement!
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.2M
- Box office
- $7M
- Language
- French
- infidelity
- island
- based on novel or book
- perfect crime
- psychopath
- obsession
- detective
- suspicion
- theory
- carousel
- lighter
- film noir
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)PG27 Jun 1951
- TheatricalPG30 Jun 1951
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical2 Aug 1951
- PhysicalPGVHS28 Jul 1988
- TheatricalPG29 Apr 1999
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical23 Oct 1952
- Digital / OTTM1 Jul 2020
AustriaAT
- Theatrical121 May 1952
CzechiaCZ
- Physical12+DVD1 Apr 2001
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1110 Mar 1952
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-167 Mar 1952
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP9 Jan 1952
GermanyDE
- Theatrical121 Feb 1952
- TVZDF29 Sept 1969
IrelandIE
- TheatricalPG2 Aug 1951
ItalyIT
- Theatrical4 Mar 1952
JapanJP
- TheatricalG9 May 1953
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Strangers on a Train was released on 27 June 1951.
Audience reviews
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CharlesTheBold
3/12/2017
The "strangers on a train" are Guy, a successful athlete in an unhappy marriage, and Bruno, an amoral playboy. Bruno suggests a perfect crime whereby Guy can get rid of his wife without being suspected, and he convinces himself that Guy has agreed to it. Bruno is obviously evil, but what about Guy? Is he is respectable as he claims? Is his wife that bad, or is Guy really a social climber who wants to be rid of…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
8/22/2024
Tennis pro "Haines" (Farley Granger) is quietly travelling in the club car of a train when his neighbour "Bruno" (Robert Walker) strikes up a conversation. It all seems innocuous enough, the former man is an accomplished player and it seems to him that this is a fan, of sorts, who just wants some company as he drowns his journey in Scotch. What quickly becomes clear from this chat is that both have people in their li…
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